Bayport Flower Houses, located at 940 Montauk Highway in Bayport, is a long-standing tradition on the South Shore - serving these communities since 1932. Bayport Flower Houses began as a wholesale carnation grower, selling to the New York City market, under the management of Maria & Paul Auwaerter.

Blue-green leaf develops brilliant yellow stripe at midrib; leaf is rounded and heart shaped; spikes of lavender flowers in mid-summer; an interesting specimen plant in the garden or border

Ornamental Features

Lakeside Shoremaster Hosta features dainty spikes of lavender tubular flowers rising above the foliage in mid summer. Its attractive heart-shaped leaves remain bluish-green in color with prominent yellow stripes and tinges of chartreuse throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes

Lakeside Shoremaster Hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

Insects

Lakeside Shoremaster Hosta is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Mass Planting

Border Edging

General Garden Use

Groundcover

Planting & Growing

Lakeside Shoremaster Hosta will grow to be about 20 inches tall at maturity extending to 30 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 3 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 30 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.